syncopated.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006
the doha disaster 
Tidal waves they
rip right through me

Tears from eyes worn
cold and sad

Pick me up now,
I need you so bad

Down down down down.

crestfallen.

Strummed at 9:12 PM (x)
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
leaving again
one last update.

im bunking with jun hao. hoping he can tolerate my music.

I'll show you mine
if you show me yours first
Let's compare scars,
I'll tell you whose is worse
Let's unwrite these pages
and replace them with our own words
I've been here so long,
I think that it's time to move
The winter's so cold,
summer's over too soon
Let's pack our bags
and settle down where palm trees grow

I've got some friends,
some that I hardly know
But we've had some times,
I wouldn't trade for the world
We chase these days down with talks of
the places that we will go

If love is a labor I'll slave till the end,
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand

the dude's 64 kg, and he's sailing the 4.7. ...champion i tell you.

i sailed terribly this weekend. maybe cuz of brett beyer, haha. his coaching is... refreshing. compared to giba, he's actually making a very conscious effort to help my sailing.

but most probably its cuz i can't get used to the new ropes, my sunglasses and my hiking pants. what's so wrong about me that i'm like the only one that sails without hiking pants?

. . .

on saturday evening, i watched collective swing strut their stuff. haha. pictures courtesy of john loh's dad.

whilst before that i was treated to a generous serving of 'girl madness' for dinner. and helped cindy make new friends haha.

Comin' down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder
Or are you someone's prayer

i'm gonna miss you guys.

going down to town to pick up a tube for my tiller. (close your eyes, i've got a secret). i want to see.

and i've broken the habit of posting on mondays only :)

cheers.

Strummed at 12:16 AM (x)
Monday, March 06, 2006
how far i've come.

1945 hrs, 14th march.

The miles are adding up
and the days are counting down.


tests for the term have been completed. but my subject combi is still leaving me in some measure of doubt. indecisive is right. what do i really want? i seem to score well in those i don't like - and do badly in the ones i like.

my heartstrings unwind
unwound
like a petal pulled from an open flower
surrounded
by fields where children sigh
but don't make a sound



here in this life
we seem so lost
on this side of brightness
we don't know where to go

. . .


two landmark occasions over the past weekend.

i've finally had a chance to sail with seng leong. it's been a while coming, taken some time getting past stages to reach this point. and it's really been worth everything.

guess he pretty much established dominance through the first few races. 3 firsts on the first day. i think i now roughly know exactly where i stand.

looking back, it's interesting to see how far i've come. it's really interesting (and still rather unbelievable to me) how i seem to perform more consistently as the wind increases. which does not match my weight at all. feels good pacing sl on those upwinds.

but enough respect. it's time to look forward. work on that boatspeed both on and off the wind. cut down on mistakes. put on those kilos.

anyway.

sl - 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, ocs
me - 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1

yea. it was memorable overtaking both sl and cai (and then some) on that 2nd upwind, with a good injection of luck along with it. i was 2nd in the last race, but sl was ocs.

I sit here clutching useless lists
Keys for doors that dont exist
I crack my teeth on pearls

Tear into the history
Show me what it means to me
In this world
Yea in this world
Cause i am due for a miracle
Im waiting for a sign
Stare straight into the sun
And i wont close my eyes
Until i understand or go blind 

I see the parts but not the whole
Study saints and scholars both
But no perfect plan unfurls

Do i trust my heart or just my mind
Why is truth so hard to find in this world
Yea in this world
Cause i am due for a miracle
Im waiting for a sign
Stare straight into the sun
And i wont close my eyes
Until i understand or go blind 

I know that theres a point i missed
A shrine or stone i haven't kissed
A scar that never graced my wrist
A mirror that hasn't met my fist
But i can't help feeling like im

Due for a miracle
Im waiting for a sign
Stare straight into the sun
And i wont close my eyes
Until i understand or go blind


the 2nd landmark occasion.


i raced my dad the last two days. not like i ever was really anywhere near him :p

he was such a great sport. getting towed by giba to nsc, capsizing countless times, humbling himself and his son in front of the whole fleet, exiting tired and weary, but still finding enough energy to give a cracked smile, enough wit to crack jokes.

it took a while for this day to come. and yet we all knew it was coming soon.

you're the

craziest
wackiest
silliest
most persistant
greatest

dad ever. three cheers from your son.

. . .


oh. here's an interesting link.

squishing banana pancakes.


Strummed at 9:06 PM (x)
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acsi (ib).
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